Intelligent Machines EmTech: Qualcomm Working to Build Artificial Intelligence Into Smartphones Future smartphones could have specialized hardware that uses simulated neurons to do things like recognize objects or faces. by Tom Simonite 2014-09-30T12:00:00-04:00
View Best Tweets from EmTech: Day 1 A small sampling of the Twitter conversation around the sessions and programming from the first day of our EmTech conference. by MIT TR Editors 2014-09-25T11:15:00-04:00
Rewriting Life EmTech: 3-D Printing Complex Kidney Components A breakthrough in printing blood vessels is enabling a new approach to printing organs. by Kevin Bullis 2014-09-24T13:35:00-04:00
Rewriting Life EmTech: Risks of Gene-Editing Drugs Need Study, Pioneer Warns One of the inventors of gene editing says scientists should proceed cautiously before testing it in people. by Antonio Regalado 2014-09-24T12:24:00-04:00
Rewriting Life EmTech: Illumina Says 228,000 Human Genomes Will Be Sequenced This Year Record number of genomes being decoded, but cost of DNA sequencing might not fall much further, says Illumina president. by Antonio Regalado 2014-09-24T12:13:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines EmTech: IBM Tries to Make Watson Smarter IBM executive says Watson could find success with commercial apps in wealth management, call centers, and medicine. by David Talbot 2014-09-24T12:10:00-04:00
Connectivity EmTech: Box CEO Offers Advice for Microsoft Microsoft must understand that companies want to buy software from more than one provider, the upstart competitor argues. by Rachel Metz 2014-09-23T17:17:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines EmTech: Nest Technologist on the Problem of Remaking “Unloved Devices” Nest technology vice president Yoky Matsuoka says the smart-thermostat maker has learned the importance of making a device people want to touch. by Rachel Metz 2014-09-23T17:07:00-04:00
Rewriting Life EmTech: Three Questions with the Man Who Grows Meat Modern Meadow’s CEO explains how he’ll culture leather and make steak from giant vats brewing muscle and skin cells. by David Talbot 2014-09-23T15:05:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines EmTech: Google’s Internet “Loon” Balloons Will Ring the Globe within a Year Google X research lab boss Astro Teller says experimental wireless balloons will test delivering Internet access throughout the Southern Hemisphere by next year. by Tom Simonite 2014-09-23T11:52:00-04:00